Hi to everybody!This time I introduce a particular job.A customer of mine bought this beautiful statue from “Sideshow” American firm. When he was cleaning it, the head fell and broke in different zones. He asked me to repair it and to paint it again…Here as it presented.

I used modeling plaster for the chin and the nose of the mask. For the ear of the bat mask I inserted inside of it a small metal pipe as armour and support. Then I reconstructed the piece using Magic-Sculpt (a resin pasta used for creating sculptures)

First I painted all the madel with “White Surface Primer” 73600 of the Vallejo using the airbrush. Than I used “Muskol” Humbrol and “Masking Putty” (firm Mig) to cover the zones not to color.From below I applied a light hand of “Black Surface Primer” 73602 of Vallejo to create a “First Shade.”

From above I applied a light veil of Basic Skintone 70815 Vallejo using the airbrush. I mixed in equal parts the BS 70815 with the Desert Yellow 70977 Vallejo and than, always from above, I applied a light touch.

From below I applied the color Medium Fleshtone 70860 Vallejo using the airbrush. In this way I created various tonalities of chiaroscuro of the skin.

I slightly darkened the MF with some Flath Earth 70983 Vallejo and I focused the color among the folds of the lips, cheeks, under the chin…

To create the effect “Beard” I used the wash ” Nuln Oil” of the Games Workshop.

For the Lips I used the color Hull Red 70985 of the Vallejo as base, then I mixed, in various phases, the color Scarlet Red 71003 Vallejo Model Air, Bright Orange 70851 Vallejo, Gold Jellow 71078 Vallejo Model air and White 70951 Vallejo to get to the desired effect.

I covered the face skin with the product Humbrol’s “Maskol” and I painted the mask with Black 70950 Vallejo using the airbrush. For the lights effect I mixed in equal parts the LightTurquoise 70840 Vallejo and Turquoise 70966 Vallejos and I applied it in the strategic points.